Why is Concord a literary mecca?
Home To Iconic American Authors, Poets, and Philosophers By Victor Curran Readers from all over the world come to Concord to visit the places where Alcott, Thoreau, Hawthorne, and Emerson…
Meet the tour guide! Bonnie Beaudet
It’s not easy being a tour guide especially in Concord. The first bar to cross is the licensing, which requires an eight-week training on interpreting town history as well as...
2025 Concord Patriots Day Parade Application now open
Greetings from the Concord250 Parade Committee, We are excited to inform you that the application for participation in the 2025 Patriots Day Parade in Concord, MA is now live! This…
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery among the ‘World’s Greatest Cemeteries’
Some might call them tombstone tourists, grave hunters or even taphophiles. That’s someone who has a passion for cemeteries and all things related: epitaphs, gravestone rubbing, photography, art, and famous…
April 19, 1775 Timeline
Watch the Concord Museum’s slideshow of the April 19th timeline here.
Concord Resources for First-Time Visitors
For those coming to Concord for the first time, you may have questions about where to go, what to do, and how to get around. There are many resources available...
Concord 250 Wins Grant for “A Fight for Freedom: Honoring Patriots of Color”
Sep 17, 2024 The State House, Boston, MA Today The Healey-Driscoll Administration and the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism (MOTT) announced the recipients of the Massachusetts 250 Grant Program. This program, awarding a...
Go Back to School with Concord
Are you a primary or secondary school student, a college student, the parent of a student, or you’re starting a new job? If you answered yes to any of these...
REGISTRATION now open for QUILTS 250
The Show Quilts 250: Stitching in the Spirit of Democracy is a free, public quilt show organized in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolutionary events of April 19,...
The Evolving History of the Orchard House
The Orchard House in Concord, MA is over 350 years old. The home has gone through many visitors, movements, literary stories, and so much more. Take a journey through the...
